plural of spitting

(chiefly archaic, medicine) expectoration

present participle of spit

(transitive, intransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc. / (transitive, intransitive) To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.

(uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated. / (countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.

The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade. / The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

(transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object. / (transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire. / A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

(transitive, dialectal) To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough. / (transitive, dialectal) To plant (something) using a spade.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spit